Quote from: Kits on July 25, 2016, 07:00:39 PM

Quote from: Flee on July 25, 2016, 06:57:07 PM

Quote from: Kits on July 25, 2016, 06:27:37 PM

Quote from: Flee on July 25, 2016, 06:24:34 PM

Quote from: Jono on July 25, 2016, 01:57:05 PM

You just triggered Flee

Why? I actually quite like guns.

Now I'm confused... I thought you were against guns?

Not at all, I'm just against loose gun control laws. I've always been interested in firearms, how they work and what they're capable of. I just don't consider bearing arms a specific right and support strict gun control laws. I think firearms should be reserved for those with training, subject to thorough evaluation and a need or specific use for the firearm, in addition to things like universal background checks and registration of all guns. But in the end, I'm actually more open to the idea of private gun ownership than most Europeans I know.

We actually share a lot of the same views. It'd be hard to reform the US but it will happen eventually. I just hope that it's reasonable like my husband having to wait a week before he could pick up his AK-47. The scary thing is if he had his conceal carry permit (which we are getting for him soon) he could have just walked in and walked out with it. I don't agree with that, but that's how it is in GA (and FL too). They've cracked down on gun-shows at least.

The state should be doing background checks on you when you get your CCL, so that's probably Georgia's justification for waiving your waiting period for holders.
But you guys have a period on long guns? I thought most places that did them only did them for handguns.

As far as I remember, Georgia only has waiting periods to get a CCL for hand guns, not for any purchases.

Even then, it's not something the party needs to put in writing, it's a fairly obvious strategy.

Yeah, it's been obvious at times that some politicians don't just want to stop at "common sense" gun laws. But I'm not sure I'd agree that the end goal is a ban. It might be for this particular woman, but she's not representative of all democrats. The differences in gun ownership between democrats and republicans (as far as we know) really aren't that major. The best information available to us (Gallup Poll) suggests that almost 30% of democrats personally own a gun (compared to 40% of republicans) while 40% live in a household with a firearm present. Other sound surveys (GSS survey) didn't establish exactly how many of gun owners were either democrat or republican, but found that gun owners are not that much more likely to be republican than democrat, stating that the difference was only around 10-15%. For example, out of the recent gun control sit-in by democrat representatives, 26 of the participants owned a gun themselves.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/150353/self-reported-gun-ownership-highest-1993.aspx
http://www.people-press.org/2013/03/12/section-3-gun-ownership-trends-and-demographics/

The main difference lies in how they look at gun control. Democrats are much more likely to support strict gun control while republicans tend to favor little to no gun regulations. So while it's clear some want to fully ban guns, I think they're just a smaller fringe group that doesn't allign with the views of many other democrats who may want stricter rules but would not consider an actual ban.

http://www.people-press.org/2013/03/12/section-1-views-of-stricter-gun-laws/

EDIT: Should point out--my reading of the evidence definitely suggests some kind of nominal slowdown, although labour market reports prior to the referendum were strong, this could be accounted for by the fact that the market failed to price in the possibility of a Leave vote.

Sure, that probably has something to do with it, but I don't see this primarily being the result of poor planning. You probably better than anyone here know how important confidence is for an economy. And a lot of that confidence clearly is gone, with many financial institutions and banks preparing for a recession and predicting major falls in economic growth. We're still at least almost half a year away from article 50 being triggered (and that isn't even accounting for the possibility of an expedited general election, the matter of leaving being brought before the UK's court system, achieving a unified approach including Northern Ireland and Scotland, the potential requirement of parliamentary approval, the EU shaping up to be unforgiving in the negotiations...) followed by probably several years of negotiations (during which the decision to withdraw can actually still be reversed by the UK before they reach an agreement). And during all that time, the UK cannot enter into new trade agreements with any other countries or break with any other EU rules. That means that there will be major uncertainty for years to come, which is bound to be damaging to the economy. While foreign companies are currently eager to buy businesses in the UK, many investments, deals and activities are being put on hold or cancelled because people are reluctant to commit in such uncertain times. I don't want to be right, but I don't expect this to get much better in the near / mid future.

So I hope the changes you're talking about come soon and are sufficient, because there's been more bad news these last few days. Major companies such as Rolls Royce and Easyjet are reporting losses due to the drop in the pound, Ryanair is lowering its UK activity and focusing more on the EU after a 30% stock drop after Brexit, the CBI's analysis of UK businesses published yesterday found that manufacturing confidence is at the lowest it has been since 2009 (finding weak expectations for new orders, plans to cut spending, a sharp fall in optimism and a scaling back of investment plans) which is especially worrisome because the one upside of a weaker pound would be an increase in production and exports, the EU and its major national markets are proving resilient to the Brexit shock, UK unemployment is again on the rise (at the highest it has been in a decade and has been expected to rise by another 2% in the next 2 years) and several major UK banks have said the country is heading for a recession and are preparing for the BoE to cut its rates soon.

How long do you think it will take for those major policy changes to be implemented? I'm not that familiar with the administrative side of the UK's legislative procedure, so I'm not sure what the prospects here are.

And this is why we don't compromise with leftists.

Kindly refrain from walking on top of this serpent, please.

Quote from: Flee on July 25, 2016, 01:19:54 PM

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Quote from: Flee on July 25, 2016, 12:29:40 PM

Reasons to vote for Trump:

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Reasons to vote for Hillary:

- not Trump
- not Trump
- not Trump
- most pro gun control president in history will be very entertaining to watch (are you ready for this, Das?)
- not Trump
- her policies aren't all bad
- and she's not Trump

Thank God you're European whipped ass can't vote

I fully agree. Being in a position where I could vote in the US elections would likely imply that I'd actually be faced with the staggering stupidity of those supporting Trump rather than just reading about it online and shaking my head in disbelief. Thank god indeed. :^)

Oh me oh my because only the smart people here are voting for a proven fraud that was under investigation by the FBI and found guilty, plans to give amnesty to millions of illegal people who by definition are already criminals that only hurt our poorer communities, and somehow says they can support both women and gays while importing people from a culture that hates both, only being proven that they don't integrate by your defenseless continent while people are being run over en masse, tortured and filmed for propaganda, attacked with axes on public transportation, and throwing explosive hissyfits for not being given asylum.  XD

In case you haven't noticed, I detest Hillary and have condemned the EU's immigration policy numerous times, even though your impression of the situation is founded on ignorance and the completely unbiased alt right reporting.

Quote from: Flee on July 25, 2016, 12:29:40 PM

Reasons to vote for Trump:

-

Reasons to vote for Hillary:

- not Trump
- not Trump
- not Trump
- most pro gun control president in history will be very entertaining to watch (are you ready for this, Das?)
- not Trump
- her policies aren't all bad
- and she's not Trump

Thank God you're European whipped ass can't vote

I fully agree. Being in a position where I could vote in the US elections would likely imply that I'd actually be faced with the staggering stupidity of those supporting Trump rather than just reading about it online and shaking my head in disbelief. Thank god indeed. :^)

Reasons to vote for Trump:

-

Reasons to vote for Hillary:

- not Trump
- not Trump
- not Trump
- most pro gun control president in history will be very entertaining to watch (are you ready for this, Das?)
- not Trump
- her policies aren't all bad
- and she's not Trump

Can't run the game on my laptop, unfortunately. Shame, because I was really thinking of giving it a try.

Quote from: Flee on July 24, 2016, 04:36:43 PM

Livestream of the Pokemon Go / Niantic event at Comic Con. I think it's about over, but I didn't bother to watch.

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1rmxPDpDRzDxN

One thing though, there's rumors going around there will be legendaries made available now at comic con for the first time.

the crowd chanted 3 step glitch lol

I really hope performance improvement is their highest priority right now. All this talk about features and gym leaders and whatnot is cool, but right now they should be addressing the 3 step glitch (which completely destroys the core mechanic of the game), server performance (the game still very regularly goes down, fails to load, displays "no GPS signal" and so forth) and other bug fixes (crashes, pokemon in gym staying alive with 1 hp and being unkillable, the game freezing when the counter hits "GO" before a battle, the game freezing when throwing a pokemon, the screen becoming unresponsive when coming out of battery saver mode...) before expanding what they have.

Livestream of the Pokemon Go / Niantic event at Comic Con. I think it's about over, but I didn't bother to watch.

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1rmxPDpDRzDxN

One thing though, there's rumors going around there will be legendaries made available now at comic con for the first time.

Quote from: Flee on July 24, 2016, 01:08:11 PM

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Quote from: Flee on July 24, 2016, 12:49:48 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on July 24, 2016, 12:43:41 PM

Quote from: Flee on July 24, 2016, 12:38:35 PM

Porygon

aaaaaaaaaaaaaa gimme gimme gimme

Best I can do. I didn't know they were that extremely rare (even though I know you just want it because it's your favorite pokemon), although it is one of my favorite ones. Just a shame it's such a low level. I'm naming it after you though.

65k star dust, howw?

I've never leveled up or evolved a single pokemon.

you should, if you beat a gym and become its leader you get pokecoins daily

Yeah, I know. But I play pretty irregularly and don't really care much about the whole battling stuff. Gyms around here are now filled with level 25+ people with pokemon at 1500-2000+ CP, so I'm not really feeling that part of the game much.

Porygon is my favourite Gen 1 pokemon, you lucky fucker

It's Verbatim's favorite too. I got lucky with it, as it's one of the few rare ones I've actually encountered.

Quote from: Flee on July 24, 2016, 12:38:35 PM

Porygon

aaaaaaaaaaaaaa gimme gimme gimme

Best I can do. I didn't know they were that extremely rare (even though I know you just want it because it's your favorite pokemon), although it is one of my favorite ones. Just a shame it's such a low level. I'm naming it after you though.

Massive click bait title, but I'm adding it because it looks at the PMI in a more in depth way.

The Independent: Britain just got its first concrete sign that Brexit will destroy the economy

Britain just got its first concrete sign that the British exit from the European Union, or Brexit, will crush the nation's economy after a grim set of PMI data released by Markit on Friday morning showed a "dramatic deterioration" in the economy since the UK voted to leave the EU. Markit's flash PMI readings for the UK's economy showed that composite output fell to its lowest level since March 2009, during the tail end of the global financial crisis.

Here is the scoreboard:

Services PMI — 47.4, down from 52.3 in June and at an 87-month low. The figure was well below the 49.2 forecast.

Manufacturing PMI — 49.1, a 44-month low, and well below the expected 50 reading.

Composite PMI — 47.7, a drop from 52.4 in June, and at an 87-month low.

The PMI, or purchasing managers index, figures from Markit are given as a number between 0 and 100. Anything above 50 signals growth, while anything below means a contraction in activity — so the higher the better. The figures are a flash reading, meaning they could easily be revised upward or downward when final readings come in at the end of the month.

Speaking about the data, Markit's chief economist, Chris Williamson, said (emphasis ours): "July saw a dramatic deterioration in the economy, with business activity slumping at the fastest rate since the height of the global financial crisis in early-2009. "The downturn, whether manifesting itself in order book cancellations, a lack of new orders or the postponement or halting of projects, was most commonly attributed in one way or another to 'Brexit.'" And here is Markit's terrifying chart, showing just how massive the contraction in post-Brexit Britain has been so far:

Earlier Friday, Markit data showed that the eurozone economy was showing "surprising resilience" to the Brexit vote, with PMIs falling a little in June but beating the expectations of economists polled before the release.

Most of the stupid laws the internet claims that Belgium has are completey false, unfortunately. The only weird laws are old ones that no one ever bothered to remove and that are no longer enforced. For example, the Belgian king can still mobilise troops in Congo, you always have a right to keep your last few chickens, goats and a cow when your goods are being confiscated by debt collectors and people's oxen can be seized in war time to propel military vehicles (dates back to World War 1).